Is Lady Jane Grey a Legitimate Monach?

Is Lady Jane Grey a Legitimate Monach?

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funnyhat

A qualified answer: she had some legitimacy but was not the most legitimate candidate for the throne. If Mary and Elizabeth had died she would have been an appropriate successor.
 
Zioneer

Zioneer

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I think she counts, as she was the heir named by her predecessor, and if it wasn't for Mary invading, she would have been Queen for much longer.

Though I wonder, in a TL with both Mary and Elizabeth dying right before Jane "rules", what would her reign look like?
 

Escape Zeppelin

I vote no. A pretender to the throne with some questionable legal arguments on her side. Even Jane herself admitted that Mary was rightful monarch before accepting the crown that belonged to Mary. The whole thing was a very short lived attempted coup, not a legitimate reign.
 
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bguy

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Londinium said:
I vote no. Not only was her 'Accession' for only nine days, and it went against both primogeniture & Henry VIII's Will, but ALSO she herself was destined to be little more than a puppet to be manipulated by her husband, parents and in-laws. There is little if any evidence that she attempted to defy any of the above- save for her strong, initial objections to being proclaimed Queen which she soon found herself completely overwhelmed (and there seems to have been no one around who attempted to assert her ability to rule ENTIRELY on her own).
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What about her refusal to make her husband King? That certainly demonstrates a willingness to defy the Dudleys.
 

isabella

funnyhat said:
A qualified answer: she had some legitimacy but was not the most legitimate candidate for the throne. If Mary and Elizabeth had died she would have been an appropriate successor.
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Truly she was after her mother (who renounced) the first person named in Henry VIII's will as heir for Edward of indisputed legitimacy. Princess Mary and princess Elizabeth wuold have surely precedence over her but they were only Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth Tudor, recognized daughters of King Henry VIII
 
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